New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-27
THE CANADIAN SEIZURES.
THE CAPTURED SCHOONER FINED $4Oo.

coHsULGENERAL PHELAN THINKS THE PROCEED
INGs AN oUrRAGE-THE sEIzKD sRINE BOATS.
HALIFAX July 26.-Tae case Of tho Gloucester hsh
ing schooner AMMO W. Hodgson. seized yes
terdsy at shelburne, 10 similar to most oi
last years seizures for customs violations ana
has no connection with the Fisheries treaty Inc
vessel, when had previously been only detained
awaiting orders from Ottawa was day formally seized
on the charge Of violating tine Canadian customs laws
and fine OF $40O imposed. All the vessels seEed
Last season on similar charge fined either $500 or
S4O0 each tho ne being deposited In every case under
protest. and aerward nearly the whole amount was re-
funded to the various only nominal sum OF 500
or therssbouts being retained, and the Governmenrs
action respecting the Hodgson is therefore somewhat
odd the offence being serious than any Of those
committed before Captain Knouon, OF the cruiser Ad'
vance, who made the capture, was Informed s"ne days
ago that tho Hodgson the western coast and 1t
suspected she was In search OF bait,
but so far there II no proof OF
violation of the treaty and she is held simply for the
customs offence. When she seized there was some
fresh Goldfish In tub the dock, which Captain Nor
rson stated had brought board by the missing
men, who were just found. There 10 no evi-
dence in contradiction Of This: and Il Il
osurIs Rt00aolo ON Brown. 'H' Bank. bsins taken
fo the travis before the mon strayed away IN the oy
S40O hne, Customs Collector Atwood requested captain
70 oP%s ss s doS ia 60 II:
men CAPTAIN Morrison has telegraphsd to his
asking whether tho nne shall be paid but has not yet
received an answer. =.
There are no late developments in the sours case but
there doubt that should the Colonel H. French or
the Argonaut, TO which the boats belonged. be found
within the three-ue limit they viii he Immediately
seized for violation OF the treaty 1ers sS s
besides the admissions OF the men, tue
hei The men n who were captured, in their statements
before Canadians officials affirm that they set their seines
three miles of shore and II they within TWO miles
n
there by the tide Tue fourteen men are greatly In nccd
clothing having only their trousers and shirts on when
cauiured The American Consul at CharoetowD Is en-
deavong locate the exact distance from shore that
Consul General Phelan regards the Hodgson affair as
rather extraordinary Que. He coIsliers that
been harshly treated. The schooner. he says, was
mission Of humanity in searching for lost
tain OF the cruiser might very gracefully and without
stepping beynd his powers have himsef entered and
cleare The vessel and permitted her to continue on her
way unmoested. o,
Win regard The sours seizures the Consul General
has not sufficient Information to express aconfdent opn
ion but he believes from the situation In which tue
boas appear have been when arrested thore must DO
Great interest in nshing affairs is exhibited by the OFF,
OF the American warship kclmond put 1ntll ruler
particulars seizures received they do not feei
Warrant ell in speaking about these cases
OF the Canadian fishing scboonsr Hope had been WAN
tonly deslro, ed by two American fishing schoones on
saP Sa hf TsPCSf OF fe who has just
returned trip the North Bay hsheries has been
interviewed ana the tribute he paysto american an h'Pes
Point very Improbable one Asked re,
sa.s sn-Tss. S IN. % Sa
ru,nors concerning poaehng are very Indefinite oIt
CATION has been made with results going
70 show that the rumos were an'Snnasa Sni,ass
strict orders TO obey tue law and keep outside
the line They show orSsr! %sI.denpea have
yseIf seen imperative Instructions TO United States
fishermen warins thou to keep OUT q Canaii.n har